Most Popular Festivals in Manchester
Sat 31 Aug - Sun 1 Sep 2024
Manchester Film Festival
Tuesday 19 - Sunday 24 March 2024
Manchester Film Festival is a ten-day celebration of film, with all films screened in a cinema with full surround sound and crystal-clear visuals. ...
Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival
Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 March 2024
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation is the world's largest youth drama festival. Enjoy an exhilarating evening of live theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools. See Shakespeare's timeless stor...
Manchester Adored
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 March 2024
4 ARENAS of Manchester & Indie Anthems // Music that shaped a generation. Another huge line up for this amazingly special event !!!! 4 Arenas of Music Anthems + Our New Secret Disco Bathroom. Arena 1 - The UK's Finest Tribute Bands. Arena...
Crazy Little Thing - Tribute Festival
Saturday 23 March 2024
Macclesfield's indoor tribute festival in 2024 features Revival ABBA Tribute Band + Pure Paloma + Young Elton - The Tribute Show + Definitely Dolly - Dolly Parton Tribute + Dan Budd as Robbie Williams + Double Take That Tribute Band + JD Ki...
Rave for Research
Friday 29 March 2024
We're bringing you a huge indoor dance music event based in Bolton, In association with Cancer Research UK....
R&B Block Party
Saturday 30 March 2024
Trevor Nelson hosts R&B Block Party Manchester 2024 with the biggest indoor R&B line-up ever assembled in the North, including Dru Hill - featuring ALL the original members - Musiq Soulchild, BLACKstreet, Donell Jones, Sisqo, Tweet, 702, an...
Fair Play Festival
Saturday 6 April 2024
With artists dubbed alternative in all of its many forms, following the sell-out success of the FAIR PLAY all-dayer in April 2022 and 2023, the event is back and bigger than ever, having added the iconic long-standing Manchester venue, Ba...
Prestige Chaandraat Manchester
Monday 8 April 2024
Join us in our newly renovated hub, in the heart of Manchester. Indoors, clean and welcoming- LADIES ONLY. Music & fireworks (tbc)...
Unfiltered Sessions Festival 2024
Saturday 13 April 2024
Deansgate Mews ignites with Unfiltered Sessions Festival 16 rising stars, raw music, live recordings - ditch the filters and crank the volume....
ADMT - Venue Upgrade
Thursday 18 April 2024
Age Restriction: All ages, Under 14 to be accompanied by an adult 18+...
The Gin To My Tonic Show
Saturday 27 April 2024
The Gin To My Tonic Show is the largest gin festival in the UK, offering a rare opportunity for gin enthusiasts to meet-the-makers behind over 50 premium gin and mixer brands. The show offers a very different experience to the traditional f...
Sounds From The Other City 2024
Sunday 5 May 2024
SFTOC is Salford's annual celebration of new music, performance & art, uniting some of the UK's finest independent promoters, collectives and clubs....
Bad Dreams Festival
Friday 24 - Monday 27 May 2024
Now Wave presents a two all-dayer events at New Century, Manchester taking place on May Bank Holiday weekend. Friday May 24th:Crumb + Babe Rainbow + Ducks LTD + more tba. Monday May 27th:Bodega + Model/Actriz + Maruja + Panic Shack. ...
Brantays weekender
Friday 24 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Bringing Big names to grass roots, from Tinchy Strider, BigBrovas all the way to the up and comers powered by Loop Radio pushing Big things your Way....
Party in the Pews 2024
Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 May 2024
Party in the Pews is back at the iconic Christ Church in Macclesfield with headliners Neville Staple from the Specials & The Slow Readers Club...
Saturday Party in the Pews
Saturday 25 May 2024
SATURDAY ONLY TICKET for Party in the Pews Feat Neville Staple from the Specials Nigel Clark fron DodgyHeavy SaladThe Pagans SOHWax Tree Cast...
Buckle & Boots Country Festival
Sunday 26 May 2024
Get ready for an epic celebration of country music as Buckle & Boots Country Festival returns in May 2024! The 2024 edition of Buckle & Boots will take place May 23rd - 26th and is set to be the biggest and best yet to celebrate our 8th yea...
FerringoFest 2024
Sunday 26 May 2024
Once again a fantastic day on the cards for the full family. Terrific bands, top grub, and drink....
Sunday Party in the Pews
Sunday 26 May 2024
SUNDAY ONLY Party in the Pews feat. The Slow Readers Club, Deja Vega, Hollows, The Dirt, Horsemeat, Jessie Scarlet...
Milnrow Cricket Club festival
Saturday 8 June 2024
Milnrow Cricket Club are very excited and proud to announce our very own, brand new, Family Music festival for the people of our club and community....
Blackthorn Proud to Bee
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 June 2024
A a multi-genre music festival that stands as a vibrant beacon of love, unity, and artistic freedom....
Green Island Festival
Saturday 15 June - Saturday 7 September 2024
Grassroots festival Green Island returns to Manchester, presenting a three-part series of day festivals, with line-ups that place underground, underrepresented, emerging artists from across the UK and global sounds at the forefront. Green I...
DogFest
Sunday 16 June 2024
Bring your dog to DogFest Cheshire, in partnership with ManyPets, and treat them to a day which guarantees to get their tails wagging. Try your paw at a variety of have-a-go activities from dog diving to agility, enter the Fun Dog Show f...
Could Be Real Tribute Festival
Friday 21 June 2024
Touring the UK, the Could Be Real Tribute Festival stops at the stunning grounds of Walton Hall & Gardens with some of the very best tribute artists in the country. Full line up to be announced! ...
Góbéfest
Friday 21 June 2024
Gobefest was established in 2017 to celebrate the little-known culture and traditions of the Szekler people - a group of ethnic Hungarians living in Transylvania, which is part of Romania. A Gobe is a friendly word for a 'crafty Szekely'. W...
Salford Pride Presents: The Pink Picnic 2024
Saturday 22 June 2024
The Pink Picnic is Salford's annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Non-binary plus (LGBT+) pride event and is back again in 2024, now in it's thirteenth year. The grassroots pride celebration personifies the true essence of what pride me...
Outbreak Fest
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...
Tributes On The Hill 2024
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
A quality 3 day music festival, with camping set in the beautiful rolling countryside of the Cheshire Plains....
Restricted Forest
Saturday 29 June 2024
With over 6,000 people partying to DJs over four different stages, Restricted Forest delivers what you have been waiting for with a music festival from the genres of House, Techno, Old Skool and more in the woodland setting of Witton Park, ...
Alderley Music Festival
Saturday 29 June 2024
A Fantastic Day & Night of World Class Tributes to:Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Elton John, Freddie Mercury &, Soul,Motown, Disco & Club Classics...
SOS Festival XV 2024
Friday 5 - Sunday 7 July 2024
3 days, 2 stages, of rock music, infectious metal vibes, and acoustic artists. Now in its 15th year supporting the underground and emerging artists....
Mvson World
Saturday 13 July 2024
Mvson World heads to Progress on Saturday 13th July for a three stage street party in Manchester...
B - Fest Music Festival
Saturday 13 July 2024
B-Fest - Bolton Nonstop hits, nostalgia and fun from some of the most iconic pop and soul Tributes...
Hits On The Pitch
Saturday 13 July 2024
Cheshire's ultimate 'blast from the past' music festival is back, bigger and better than ever, featuring iconic acts from the 80s, 90s and noughties...
Craic by the Creek
Friday 19 - Sunday 21 July 2024
Craic by the Creek is a music festival bringing some of the biggest names in traditional and contemporary Irish music to the Greater Manchester countryside. ...
Radar Festival
Friday 26 - Sunday 28 July 2024
The newest progressive rock and metal festival in the UK is moving to a new venue, the O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. This bigger space means bigger bands, bigger production, and a bigger experience for everyone attending. Announced li...
Teletech Festival
Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 August 2024
Teletech techno festival returns to its home city of Manchester for a third time in 2024. Line-up to be announced. ...
Newton Music Festival
Saturday 3 August 2024
Expect top headliners, local bands, DJ's, live entertainment and community involvement....
Firevolt Rock Festival
Thursday 8 August 2024
Formally FIRESTORM Festival, Manchester's Best Camping Rock Fest, bringing you the best rock bands on 2 stages over 3 days on a picturesque farm through Etherow Country Park. 2023's headliners include The Answer + Royal Republic + Massive...
Magic of Thailand Festival - Manchester
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 August 2024
A two day Thai Festival to experience the taste of Thailand this summer at Platt Fields Park is brought to you by Magic of Thailand, previously known as Manchester Thai Festival. Treat yourself to a weekend wonder and bring along your famil...
Rochdale Mayfield Rugby Club Festival
Saturday 17 August 2024
We are very excited and proud to announce our very own, brand new, Family Music festival for the people of our club and community....